Friday, January 11, 2013

GAMEDAY 40 - at Rimouski

RIMOUSKI, Que. – The Saint John Sea Dogs begin a
three-in-three road trip through Quebec tonight in Rimouski. Puck drop is scheduled
for 8:30pm at Colisee de Rimouski.

Saint John will also play in Victoriaville tomorrow and
in Sherbrooke on Sunday to complete the trip. The Dogs have been decent on the
road this year and have a 9-9-0-0 record.

The Sea Dogs enter play tonight with an 18-21-0-0 record
which places them fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 14th
overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They are 4-6-0-0 in their
last 10 games.

Tonight’s game sort of feels like the beginning of the
second half. Saint John traded away many veterans during the trading period and
will have some new faces in the lineup tonight. The Dogs roster certainly looks
a lot different than it did a couple months ago.

With Jonathan Huberdeau gone to the Florida Panthers and
others traded away, Jakub Izacky is Saint John’s leading scorer. He has 15
points in 34 games.

Rimouski is having a solid season after losing to Saint John in last year’s President’s Cup final. They enter tonight’s game with
a 26-11-1-4 record and sit fourth overall in the league. They are just two
points back of the second-place Baie-Comeau Drakkar.

Tonight’s game will be the first meeting between the Sea
Dogs and Oceanic since the Kevin Gagne trade. The 20-year old defenseman will
face the team he spent four-and-a-half seasons with this evening.

THE NUMBERS

Rimouski

Saint John

Record

26-11-1-4 (2nd East)

18-21-0-0 (5th Maritimes)

Home Record

13-5-0-2

9-12-0-0

Road Record

13-6-1-2

9-9-0-0

Goals For/Game

3.68 (8th)

2.84 (14th)

Goals Against/Game

3.19 (6th)

3.66 (13th)

Shots For/Game

29.01 (11th)

27.65 (14th)

Shots Against/Game

32.62 (13th)

34.10 (16th)

Overall PP

19.4% (13th)

21.3% (9th)

Home PP

18.4% (12th)

21.9% (10th)

Road PP

20.4% (7th)

20.7% (6th)

Overall PK

82.4% (3rd)

80.1% (8th)

Home PK

88.0% (2nd)

81.2% (9th)

Road PK

78.8% (5th)

78.8% (6th)

PIM/GAME

13.9

15.7

Attendance

3,627

3,755

LEADING SCORERSRimouski

Player

GP

Goals

Assists

Points

Peter Trainor

42

26

34

60

Alexandre Lavoie

38

19

30

49

Scott Oke

33

18

26

44

Saint John

Player

GP

Goals

Assists

Points

Jonathan Huberdeau

30

16

29

45

Jakub Izacky

34

11

4

15

Oliver Cooper

38

6

8

14

GOALTENDERSRimouski

Goaltender

Record

GAA

SV%

Philippe Desrosiers

18-7-0-4

3.03

0.904

Robin Gusse

14-10-0-0

3.74

0.875

Saint John

Goaltender

Record

GAA

SV%

Sebastien Auger

18-16-0-0

2.98

0.912

Alex Fournier

0-5-0-0

6.95

0.809

LAST GAMES

The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 loss to the PEI Rocket
last Saturday at Harbour Station. Jakub Izacky scored Saint John’s only goal.
Sebastien Auger made 33 saves in the loss.

The Oceanic are coming off a 5-4 loss to the Gatineau
Olympiques last Sunday. Peter Trainor and Kevin Gagne each scored twice while
Francis Beauvillier added a solo marker. Philippe Desrosiers made 24 saves in
the win.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Oceanic this season
while Rimouski is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Their only meeting this season came on December 2 where
the Oceanic beat the Sea Dogs 4-1. Francis Beauvillier, Michael Joly, Jess
Tanguy, and Alexis Loiseau scored for Rimouski while Jonathan Huberdeau scored
for Saint John. Philippe Desrosiers made 27 saves for the win and Sebastien
Auger made 25 in the loss.

NOTES

The last time the Sea Dogs play at Colisee de Rimouski
they left with the President Cup.

Alexandre Lavoie, acquired by Rimouski in a trade with
Cape Breton, is second on the team in scoring with 49 points.

Peter Trainor is 10th in the league in goal
scoring with 26.

Trainor is sixth in assists with 34.

Francis Beauvillier is second in first goals with five.

Samuel Morin is sixth in penalty minutes with 96.

Frederik Gauthier is second in rookie scoring with 41
points.

OUT OF TOWN

Acadie-Bathurst at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST

Blainville-Boisbriand at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST

Gatineau at P.E.I. - 7:00 PM AST

Shawinigan at Quebec - 7:00 PM EST

Val-d'Or at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST

Rouyn-Noranda at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EST

Sherbrooke at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EST

NEXT GAME

The Sea Dogs travel to Victoriaville to take on the
Tigres tomorrow at 5pm.